These words stabbed Xu Ranyun's heart like a knife. She raised her hand to slap him, but couldn't bear to put it down. Suddenly, she saw a beautiful figure rushing over, hugging Duan Maoming and smiling, "Grandma, my brother is still young, don't take his words to heart."
It turned out to be Duan Maoming's wet nurse, Mi. Because her own child died, she loved Duan Maoming especially. Seeing that the young master was about to be beaten, she immediately rushed over, but she didn't expect that this was like a moth flying into a flame. Xu Ranyun usually felt satisfied when she saw her loving her son, but now, how could she not be angry? The slap landed on Mi's face, and she cursed: "You evil bastard, you brought all these bad habits to my brother. Now I am teaching you a lesson, and you rush over to show that you are good. As a mother, I am really cruel, right?"
Duan Maoming couldn't bear it when he saw his beloved nurse being beaten. He pushed Mi away and stood in front of her mother. He was so small, but he stood straight, showing a sense of responsibility as a man. However, he didn't expect that this would add fuel to the fire. Xu Ranyun felt that the veins in his head were throbbing. He kept saying, "You are rebellious. Are you my son or her son? Fengxian, Fengxian, drive this bastard who has no respect for her master out, so that she won't make my son a disobedient and unfilial person."
Feng Xian hurried over, and before she could say anything, Mi was already frightened and pale. She quickly knelt down and crawled to Xu Ranyun's side, crying and saying, "Grandma, please forgive me. I won't dare to do it again. I was just worried that my brother would be beaten. After all, little people are naughty..."
Before she could finish, Xu Ranyun kicked her and she sneered, "You're still trying to defend yourself? You're complaining in front of my brother, letting him remember how cruel I am to him. You're the only one who really cares about him, right? Are you pretending to be pitiful? Don't you even look at your own character? Can I let you fool me? Fengxian, tell the Lu family to kick her out immediately, without any delay."
"Mom is unreasonable. I won't let Mama Mi leave."
Duan Maoming saw that the situation had become out of control, so he quickly stepped forward and grabbed Mi's arm tightly, causing Fengxian to rush to pull him back. He said, "My little ancestor, please stop making trouble here." Then he turned to the maids and women in the yard and shouted, "Why don't you go find the Lu family? Didn't you hear what grandma said? One by one..."
The sentence was stopped before it was finished. Fengxian looked at Duan Tingxuan standing at the gate with an expressionless face in panic. She stood up hesitantly. Noticing that her expression was different, the maids in the yard turned back and were all stunned. Someone uttered a short "ah". Everyone bowed and quickly retreated to both sides, making way for Duan Tingxuan.
“Dad…Daddy…”
When Duan Maoming saw his backer coming, he wiped his tears and ran over, grabbing his clothes and said, "Mom is unreasonable and she is angry. She takes it out on me and wants to chase Mama Mi away, Dad. I won't let Mama Mi leave, wuwuwu..."
A four-year-old boy. He had no concept of "not shedding tears easily". He could remain stubborn in front of his mother before, but when he saw his father, all the grievances he had suffered from his mother burst out and he cried like a cat.
Duan Tingxuan was an incompetent husband, but he was a good father. He gently picked up his second son, took out a handkerchief and wiped his face carefully, and said with a smile: "Your mother was just upset for a moment, and you were naughty, so she was naturally angry. Don't worry, it's just angry words, don't cry, next time dad will take you to Auntie's place to eat ice cream."
When he heard about ice cream, Duan Maoming's eyes lit up and he nodded repeatedly, "Is it what we ate at our ancestors' house before? Ah! That was delicious. I even snatched my eldest brother's portion for my third brother, otherwise my eldest brother would have eaten it all."
Duan Tingxuan went straight to Xia Yuxuan as soon as he returned home because he broke his appointment last night. At the door, he saw Duan Maoming and Xu Ranyun talking about climbing a tree. He felt unhappy at the time and was about to go in and teach his son a lesson, but Xu Ranyun was furious. So the young marquis hid by the door and watched coldly. He could be said to have seen the whole thing and remembered it in his heart. When he heard his son say this, he nodded with relief and said, "You know how to protect your third brother, which is good, but you also have to respect your eldest brother. But since you have such a chivalrous heart, why didn't you care about your third brother when he fell from the tree just now, and you made fun of him?"
Duan Maoming was speechless. After a while, he lowered his head and whispered, "Yes, son is wrong. Son should not laugh at his brother. Son will go to see him now."
"Go ahead."
Duan Tingxuan put his son on the ground and watched Duan Maoming run to the side room. He then stepped onto the stairs and came to Xu Ranyun. Looking at Mi Shi, who was still lying on the ground with tears in her eyes, he said calmly, "Go and find a set of clean clothes for my son to change into."
When Mi heard this, she knew she was safe. She immediately felt a sense of relief and gratitude, and kowtowed quickly. After getting up, she quickly returned to Duan Maoming's room. Xu Ranyun knew that it was bad. Wouldn't her vicious and mean side be seen by her husband? Su Mengnuan was disliked by her husband because of this in the past. Is it her turn today?
"Maoming is still young and a bit naughty. Don't you usually indulge him? What is he doing today?" Duan Tingxuan finally gave Xu Ranyun some face and did not scold her in front of everyone. Instead, he spoke to her calmly after returning to the house.
Xu Ranyun said bitterly, "Why should I? I don't know. Last night, I was so happy for nothing. I waited for you until dawn without closing my eyes. You were so happy in Chunfeng Garden. Have you ever thought that the woman you broke the promise with is lonely and alone in front of the window? People say that the tears of a candle will not dry until it is burned to ashes. It is absolutely true. Last night, the red candle was facing me. I cried and it cried too..."
"Okay, this is what Zhilan should say. You have always been strong-willed, how could your daughter behave like this? I'm afraid if I hadn't come last night, you would have scolded me until midnight." Duan Tingxuan shook his head and exposed Xu Ranyun's lie. Fengxian beside him lowered her head secretly, thinking that her grandfather was really going to be a spirit. He even knew that his grandmother scolded him until midnight.
Xu Ranyun was speechless. She had originally wanted to play pitiful and trick her husband into feeling guilty. Xue Zhilan had always used this trick, but she was exposed the first time she used it. She couldn't hold back her face, so she said angrily, "Anyway, you broke your promise to me last night. Isn't that true? You said you would come over, but what happened? You were bewitched by the ice cream in Chunfeng Garden? Not only were you bewitched, you even used that to confuse your reputation. Humph! No matter how delicious it is, my son doesn't want it. If she has the ability, let her make it for her son..."
"Ran Yun."
Duan Tingxuan shouted suddenly, which immediately scared Xu Ranyun. She then remembered that she was just talking freely and actually violated a taboo. How could a concubine grit her teeth and mock the wife for not being able to have children in front of her husband?
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